Gorton's Incorporated voluntarily recalled about a thousand cases of frozen fish in 10 states on Friday after a Pennsylvania customer reported finding pill-like substance in it. The company is conducting a laboratory test to confirm the nature of the pills. Results are expected early next week.

The product included in this recall was produced on October 16, 2007 and distributed to retail outlets in Alabama, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers and seafood processors against consumption of fish after several cases of ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) were reported in Washington, D.C. and St. Louis, Mo..

The toxic fish were harvested in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, near the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, which is located in federal waters south of the Texas-Louisiana coastline

The United States has donated 10,000 sets of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Bangladesh as combat gear for strengthening avian influenza prevention and control.

Each PPE set consists of coveralls, shoe covers, a respirator, goggles, an apron, and inner and outer gloves, a U.S. embassy press statement says in the capital, Dhaka on Monday

Bangladesh is taking aggressive steps to protect its poultry from the recent outbreak of bird flu in nearby India. The government plans to start door-to-door surveillance as soon as possible to check the possible spread of bird flu, which has taken a pandemic form in India's West Bengal region, officials said.

"The government with the cooperation of the Food and Agricultural Organization will appoint some 150 veterinaries at the upazila level in the districts, which are prone to bird flu outbreak," Secretary of the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock of Bangladesh Syed Ataur Rahman was quoted by the New Age, a local newspaper, as saying

A study concluded that the usual "western" diet consisting of heavy amounts of meat, fried food, and refined grains ups the risk of an individual developing type 2 diabetes, as well as heart complications.

The research, conducted by experts from the University of Minnesota, determined the results by examining the eating habits of nearly 10,000 people. The study showed that a daily diet consisting of two portions of red meat results in a 26 percent increase in the susceptibility to a condition known as metabolic syndrome